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Each year, between May and August, over 100,000 oversized molluscs get together in the cool waters off South Australia’s Spencer Gulf for a shot at procreating.

This aggregation of giant – or Australian – cuttlefish happens nowhere else on Earth and culminates in a heaving, mass-embodiment of the fecundity of our seas…

And then, they all die. For these creatures breed just once in their lifetime, though not before seeking the company of each other – sometimes even human divers – as their curious minds and stunning bodies decay, ending their short, 2-3 year lives.

This is the story of the outrageously beautiful giant cuttlefish – the first weird and wonderful Australian animal to feature in the new podcast, Look at Me.